Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 437-444 , May 2007

Zinc Transporters in the Mouse Placenta Show a Coordinated Regulatory Response to Changes in Dietary Zinc Intake

  • R.M. Helston

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
    • RMH and SRP contributed equally to this work.
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  • S.R. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
    • RMH and SRP contributed equally to this work.
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  • J.A. McKay

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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  • K.A. Jackson

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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  • J.C. Mathers

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition Research Centre, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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  • D. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 191 222 5989; fax: +44 191 222 8684.

,Accepted 3 July 2006.

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PII: S0143-4004(06)00165-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.07.002

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 437-444 , May 2007

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